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Well, they walked. Minor-league umpires make call - and they're out! The River Cats open in Portland with subs shouting 'Play ball!' By Scott Howard-Cooper -- Bee Staff Writer Published 2:15 am PDT Thursday, April 6, 2006 Approximately 220 umpires from every level of...

Sorry, you won't find many people who are bigger Cubs fans than I am. However, we will do well to finish fourth in the NL central this year. It's a givin that St. Louis and the Stroh's will battle for the division. The Brew Crew is a much improved team this year and will also finish...

The problem is that minor league umpires are paid less per game than the average high school umpire who umpires as a hobby. They have not received a raise of any kind in nearly 10 years. That's unheard of in the professional world. They have to pay for their own transportation to their...

Quick question for my new Vol's friends. Should amature umpires (NCAA-NFHS) step in and take the MiLB games that will not be umpired due to the strike by the AMLU? Tim.

Two men from very different educational backgrouds went to NY City for a job interview. One man was a Harvard graduate and very distinguished. The other was a good old boy that had graduated from Tennessee University with a degree in communications. Both men entered the personnel managers...

I will umpire for food! Tim.

With the inaugural tournament now in the books and the Japanese team walking away as the WBC's first champions it's time to hear some thoughts on how you felt it went. There's been a lot of discussion about the timing of the Classic. I don't really know as if there's a better...

I sure do. I mentioned it in my post above. First they said the ball was juiced, then they said the bats were somehow livened up, then there was quite a bit of talk about pitchers serving up meatballs on hitters counts when certain games were already in hand. Like I said before, I don't...

MLB Inc. has brought this problem on themselves. They, as an organization are most definetly complicit in this scandal that will ultimately tarnish all of the statistics of the mid 90's to early 2000's. We first began to see these big increases in hitting stats in 1996, the second full...

I haven't posted here in a while but I do check in from time to time. I wanted to send out a big congratulations to the VolNation on one hell of a turn around season. I know this may ring a little hollow this morning after yesterdays defeat. However you have come a long way this season and...

I absolutely agree with you Rocky. I send my condolences on the loss of your Grandfather. Tim Haag :bump3: 56

I lost my father to suicide last April. The experts say that once a person has decided that's their only option, there's no turning back. They simply are not in the right frame of mind when they committ the act. I will hold the Dungy family with me in my prayers. Tim Haag :bump3: 56

My thoughts and prayers go out to Tony Dungy and his family. It's a terrible thing to lose someone so young, even more tragic at this time of year. Tim Haag :bump3: 56

Only time will tell, but I think that Pierre has a much larger upside for the Cubbies than that noodle arm Damon does for the Yuckee's. Steinbrenner once again shows that all he thinks he needs to do is throw enough money at a problem for the problem to be solved. $52,000,000.00 bucks...

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